A stunning photo of the Denali Star crossing a silt-laden river. Can anyone
identify the river and/or location? The photo was taken through the open window
of Jim's J-3 Cub at about 1,000 feet - airspeed about 50 mph. And for you photography
buffs, he used a Sony DSC-F828, ISO 400, 1/1600, F4.0. 7/19/06

ARR historian Pat Durand adds, "That is the Knik River on a high tide
and late runoff stage. It is a good shot showing the relocated bridge spans
and the new final section. All of those new steel and concrete pile and caps
were done over the past three winters by the ARR B&B crews. They placed
the new supports 20 feet from the old ones and then between train movements
one at a time slid the old bridge sections onto the new supports. A 20 ft temporary
section was cut from the first span removed and inserted between old sections
and the newly placed sections. When they got to the end they installed a new
span that you can see is 20ft longer than the old one. Nice job done in house
under very difficult winter conditions."